Blogs from Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, North America

October 24, Tuesday Today was a lots of walking and exploring day – chilly, like 50, but sunny for much of the day. NO RAIN, that’s really all that matters. We enjoyed a lie in – the bed is very comfortable! Till about 7:30 ish, and were off on a 4.5 mile walk. Both coats, hat and gloves were needed to start with, much less to end! It was probably a mile too long, but at least there was only about 450’ change in elevation. It mostly followed the river, which was nice. LOTS of mountain bike trails off to the sides, but we sedately followed the biking, walking, cross country trail. When it’s snowing, this entire place must be hopping indeed. There’s much more to do than ski, obviously. Only a few chickadees and a ... read more

Lévis, 11 août. Jolie petite boucle en bordure de la zone boréale québécoise pour terminer cet été particulier. Cap à l'Ouest vers la Mauricie, Lanaudière, les Laurentides et l'Outaouais. De l'eau, beaucoup d'eau sur ce territoire, plusieurs grands cours d'eau y prennent ici leurs sources. Pas mal de belles baignades tout au long du périple, avec quelques belles randonnées en prime. Réservoir Taureau (source de la Mattawin), Parc du Mont-Tremblant (le camping de la chute aux rats et la grimpette à la Corniche au dessus du lac Monroe, mémorables!), Réservoir Baskatong (source de la Gatineau, même si officiellement c'est le réservoir Gouin), vallée de la Gatineau, Ottawa (une petite excursion hors-frontière) puis retour par les vallées de l'Outaouais et du Saint-Laurent, les découvertes furent nombreuses et je suis ravi! En vous souhaitant une année 2021 pleine ... read more

Geo: 46.1183, -74.6017Mont Tremblant is a purpose built ski resort just over one and a half hours drive north of Montreal. The whole resort was built from scratch and as my friend Paul would say "if Disney had to create a ski resort this would be it". The architecture is colourful and pretty but uniform throughout the village. There is a little gondola which takes you from the low village to the high village though it is a short walk anyway between the two. The place is full of shops, bars and restaurants and it is all pedestrianised. There is a climbing wall and little sled run for the kids and loads of golf courses to occupy people out of the ski season. We were booked into the Marriott residence in a two bed roomed apartment ... read more

Le premier jour, Lundi, on a achété la nourriture pour 4 jours: 4 petits déjeuners, 4 déjeuners, et 4 soupers. Il a été confusé d'arriver à Mont Tremblant parce qu'il y a presque rien qui est marqué sur la route, et on était fustrés, mais on a eu on bon souper. Demain, on va aller faire un radonner. Jour 2, on est allé un beau radonner à pieds d'environ 5 km. J'ai utilisé mais nouveax bootes de radonner. Ills marchent très bien. On pençait d'aller nager, mais c'était trop froid, alors on est allé acheter le bois. Un homme nous a donné une bonne piece pour allumer notre feu. Quand on est retourné, j'ai mangé un peu des Crispers et Maman a fait le feu pour cuirass les pizzas. Jour 3, on restait au camp toute ... read more

That was actually in 2003, on a fishing trip in a place 2 hours North of the city of LaTuque. Fishing was good. We caught some pikes and walleyes during the week, which we cooked as soon as we caught them. Delicious! I was there with my wife and a family of friends. One day, i left early to go fishing on the lake, while my friends were staying to relax a bit. At some point, in the cabin, they saw a bear paw through the damaged window screen, trying to grab some apples! They did some noise to chase it away. They went on the lake then, to tell me the story. When i heard the story, i immediately stopped fishing, to go back to the cabin, in the case the bear would be still ... read more